Occurrence of Thelazia lacrymalis (nematoda, spirurida, thelaziidae) in native horses in Abruzzo region (Central eastern Italy)

Parasite

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-53

  Giangaspero, Annunziata ^a   Tieri, E ^a   Otranto, D ^b   Battistini, M L ^c  

^a Istituto di Fisiologia Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b Dipto di San e Benessere Animale   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Horses; Italy; Survey; Thelazia lacrymalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; NEMATODA; SPIRURIDA; THELAZIA; THELAZIA LACRYMALIS; THELAZIIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

EID: 0034154590     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2000071051     Document Type: Article

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